Apple's new software update just dropped a big hint about features we might see in the iPhone 7's camera

George Frey/Stringer/Getty Images For months, rumors and reports have suggested that the camera will be one of the biggest changes we see in the next iPhone. Now we have more evidence that this may indeed be the case.

Sood spotted some code that hints a few new features could be coming to the iPhone's front-facing camera, including the ability to capture 1080p video, shoot in 240-frames-per-second slow motion, capture panoramic images, and a new flash.

This would be a big step up for the iPhone's Facetime camera — the front camera on the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus only capture video in 720p and doesn't support shooting slow-motion video or panoramic photos. There's no flash on the front-facing camera either.

Here's the tweet from Sood, which shows a screenshot of the code that hints at these features:

It's not too surprising to hear that Apple may be making some big improvements to the iPhone's front-facing camera. Most of the iPhone's competitors come with more advanced camera sensors on the front of the phone. The Samsung Galaxy S6, for example, comes with a 5-megapixel front-facing camera, compared to the iPhone's 1.2-megapixel front camera.